Asbury mayor supports Obama's gun control plan

6:53 PM,
Jan. 16, 2013

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President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious gun control plan Wednesday that Mayor Ed Johnson believes will curb ongoing gun violence in his city and across the country.

Obama's proposal calls for strengthened background checks, a ban on military assault rifles and high capacity magazines and a crackdown on illegal weapons trafficking.

The announcement comes days after 23-year-old Daniel Graves, of Neptune, was gunned down near the intersection of Bangs Avenue and Dewitt Avenue. It was the second confirmed shooting in the city last week. A 26-year-old unnamed city resident was found ...